.\" $Id$
.TH LAT_UNIX_CONNECT 8 "$Date$" "(c)1994 Larry McVoy" "LMBENCH"
.SH NAME
lat_unix_connect \- measure interprocess connection latency via UNIX sockets
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lat_unix_connect
.I -s
.sp .5
.B lat_unix_connect
[
.I "-P <parallelism>"
]
[
.I "-W <warmups>"
]
[
.I "-N <repetitions>"
]
.sp .5
.B lat_unix_connect
.I "-S"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B lat_unix_connect
is a client/server program that measures interprocess
connection latencies.   The benchmark times the creation and connection of
an AF_UNIX socket to a local server.  
.LP
.B lat_connect
has three forms of usage: as a server (-s), as a client (lat_connect),
and as a shutdown (lat_connect -S).
.SH OUTPUT
The reported time is in microseconds per connection.
Output format is like so
.sp
.ft CB
UNIX connection cost: 1006 microseconds
.ft
.SH "SEE ALSO"
lmbench(8).
.SH "AUTHOR"
Carl Staelin and Larry McVoy
.PP
Comments, suggestions, and bug reports are always welcome.
